Chert (Agatized/Chalcedony variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
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Chert (Agatized/Chalcedony variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Nodule in Limestone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Limonite with Trace Fossils
Hydrous Iron Oxide Mixture (FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Chert (containing Flint nodules)
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert Concretion with Iron Oxide Staining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Quartz (Small Pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Picture Jasper
SiO2
Fossil coral (likely solitary rugose coral)
Rugosa; possibly genus Heliophyllum or similar
Chert Nodule / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sandstone (Red/Brown Sandstone pebble)
Arenite (SiO2 dominated sandstone)
Likely weathered iron-rich stone
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite-bearing rock
Iron-stained quartzite or quartz-rich sandstone
Quartzite, predominantly SiO₂, with iron-oxide staining
Basaltic volcanic pebble
Fine-grained mafic igneous rock, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene, commonly with olivine and iron-titanium oxides
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flinty variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Laterite
Laterite (primarily composed of hydrated oxides of iron and aluminum)
Tumbled orange chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Tektite (Indochinite)
Natural glass (High-silica impact glass)
Weathered fossiliferous limestone pebble
Calcitic limestone, predominantly CaCO₃ (likely containing fossil or bioclast fragments)
Iron-stained quartz-rich rock, possibly jasper/quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂) with iron-oxide staining; likely ferruginous quartzite or jasper
Small polished pink-and-white mineral pebble
Likely rose quartz or pale pink quartz; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Polished ocean jasper (orbicular jasper), probable
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chiefly chalcedony with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Tumbled brown quartz/chalcedony (probable)
Quartz, SiO₂; possibly brown chalcedony or jasper
Quartz geode clusters
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), with possible chalcedony and minor iron-oxide staining
Weathered basaltic rock fragment
Basalt, likely porphyritic or amygdaloidal basalt with weathered iron-oxide-rich zones
Orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; iron-bearing chalcedony (carnelian)
Orbicular rhyolite (likely)
Rhyolite, a silica-rich volcanic rock; commonly quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and iron-rich alteration minerals
Quartz-rich pegmatite with mica and dark inclusions
Pegmatite; chiefly quartz (SiO₂), with feldspar and biotite/tourmaline inclusions
Polished/tumbled calcite
Calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)
Red jasper (likely brecciated jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Chert Nodule / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Sandstone
Arenite (typically with iron oxide/hematite cement)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) with Bioclasts
Red Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 based with Fe2O3)
Quartz (Small fragments)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Black Chert or Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert Nodule (Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Silica - SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Black jade or dark serpentine cabochon
Jadeite (NaAlSi₂O₆) or nephrite amphibole; possibly serpentine (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)